Policy
Talking Heads: Prime property industry reactions to the Budget 2025
A Council Tax surcharge for high-value homes is 'probably the least worst outcome for owners of prime property', comments Savills, but our pundits are less sanguine about changes to landlords' income…
Budget 2025: Chancellor confirms a ‘mansion tax’ & higher rates on property income
High-value homes will face significantly higher Council Tax bills, while landlords will pay a larger share of their property income to HMRC.
Budget 2025: OBR leak confirms ‘mansion tax’ on £2mn+ homes from April 2028
Office for Budget Responsibility report published early 'in error' - including details of a new Council Tax surcharge on high-value homes.
Abrahmsohn on the Budget that spooked a market for no reason
Veteran agency boss skewers Westminster’s 'Keystone Cops' moment, says months of leaks caused far more harm than the measures themselves, and predicts an avalanche of exchanges before Christmas.
Pre-Budget Primer: Rumourmill round-up & prime resi industry hopes & fears
A smorgasbord of property tax changes could be on the agenda in today's big fiscal event.
Mansion tax modelling flags £13,700 bills for second homes
Hamptons analysis finds over 3,300 £2mn+ second homes exposed to dual surcharges as revaluation looms.
A safe harbour in a stormy sea: Inside the great wealth migration
The global wealthy are on the move - and Europe is emerging as a key magnet, reports Knight Frank's Kate Everett-Allen.
Westminster’s Selective Licensing Scheme is now in play
'Landmark' new regulation covers private rental homes in 15 of the Prime Central London borough's 18 wards.
Autumn Budget ‘to hit 100,000 properties with mansion tax’
Latest rumours suggest a revaluation of homes in F, G & H Council Tax bands is likely.
Council tax revaluation plan risks unsettling property market – Knight Frank
Revaluing the highest council tax bands would prove costly and disruptive, warns the agency’s UK resi research head - and the proposal underlines just how much backbench politics is steering this week’s…
Four core things residential landlords should look out for pre-Budget
Becky Sawbridge of Chelsea landlord & developer Martin's Properties talks us through some seismic tax & policy changes facing the private rented sector.
Mapped: The latest policy shifts reshaping international wealth flows & property markets
Knight Frank sets out the state of play following a flurry of government announcements sending ripples through markets across Europe - and beyond.